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Topic: Hurricane Ike |
Indigogyre
Replies: 12
Views: 5400
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Forum: Off Topic Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:41 pm Subject: Hurricane Ike |
Jim,
I had an idea about the power. I fyour power is still out call the power company but don't tell them you never had the power on. Tell them that the power went OUT AGAIN! Let them know you chec ... |
Topic: New guy from Canada |
Indigogyre
Replies: 6
Views: 3693
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:00 pm Subject: New guy from Canada |
Good day, eh! From what I understand there is at least one other Canadian around these parts and someone else who is here because they also are a car enthusiast! There is a large cross section of peop ... |
Topic: Hurricane Ike |
Indigogyre
Replies: 12
Views: 5400
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Forum: Off Topic Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:48 am Subject: IKE |
Sorry to hear that you were impacted by IKE. Hopefully FEMA will come through for everyone. I'm glad to hear that you and your family are able to currently handle the situation. Words just cannot do j ... |
Topic: Anyone interested in my Roland MDX-40 milling machine story? |
Indigogyre
Replies: 89
Views: 79106
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Forum: Injection Moulding & Other Technology Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:55 pm Subject: Anyone interested in my Roland MDX-40 milling machine story? |
I thought the videos were cool and it seems quiter then an old fashioned dot matrix printer. Yes, I'm that old that dot matrix printers were the hot new printer back in my day.
When you design the ... |
Topic: Gast 1065 Vacuum-Pump EQUIVILANT? |
Indigogyre
Replies: 15
Views: 8254
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:30 pm Subject: Pumps vs. Wedges |
Alex,
You are trying to use a water pump that is designed to opperate with the resistance of water to move air which has little resistance. If you run a sump without the water you will burn out the ... |
Topic: Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty for mold making |
Indigogyre
Replies: 2
Views: 2448
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:25 pm Subject: Bucks |
The bubbles come from mixing the putty, not an incorrect mixture amount. You are making a solid mold so why care about bubbles? Mix up the putty and then make your casting of the blister pack bubble. ... |
Topic: Metal working tool saga |
Indigogyre
Replies: 20
Views: 18093
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Forum: Fabrication Techniques Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:19 pm Subject: Bandsaw adjustments |
Well, this has not been my most productive week but despite some earlier set backs some work was done. My plans for spending a lot of holiday time in the garage were thwarted by the evil munchkins. Th ... |
Topic: Darktrooper Progress thread (Pic intensive!) |
Indigogyre
Replies: 349
Views: 135062
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Forum: Costumes & Equipment Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:58 pm Subject: Suggestion: Buttons! |
Since you have the origami base (I love it) and are just trying to add enough clay to flesh and smooth it here is a thought.
Determine the depth that you would like for the clay thickness and you c ... |
Topic: New: Project x48 |
Indigogyre
Replies: 1
Views: 1596
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:16 pm Subject: New: Project x48 |
Prologue:
I originally bought the plans back in 2004 and put them on the shelf due to unemployement and the arrival of child number 1. Since then number 2 and 3 have arrived to make thier presence ... |
Topic: Metal working tool saga |
Indigogyre
Replies: 20
Views: 18093
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Forum: Fabrication Techniques Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:02 am Subject: Review of new saw. |
Fast_Monte made a recomendation to check out a horizontal bandsaw from Harbor Freight. Thanks for the suggestion Monte.
After being unhappy with the way my abrasive cutting for metal was working ou ... |
Topic: Build in progress |
Indigogyre
Replies: 8
Views: 3961
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:18 pm Subject: Table |
hehe..
my interpretation should be interesting... as I'm not buying the 600 heating coils they want, I'm going to try to make the oven with nichrome wire instead.
For the smaller size nichrome ... |
Topic: Build in progress |
Indigogyre
Replies: 8
Views: 3961
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:34 pm Subject: Size matters. |
Cool. I know how you feel about different sizes. I'm currently working on a 24 x 48 version but bought enough raw materials to assemble multiple sizes.
Good luck and I look forward to seeing your ... |
Topic: Metal working tool saga |
Indigogyre
Replies: 20
Views: 18093
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Forum: Fabrication Techniques Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:31 pm Subject: New Saw |
Monte,
I have not used it yet. It was an ordeal putting the saw together because someone had this great idea of doing it solo. For those unfamiliar with the saw the shipping weight is 137 pounds an ... |
Topic: Build in progress |
Indigogyre
Replies: 8
Views: 3961
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:45 pm Subject: Stand and tank |
Nice to see someone else starting ona machine. I recognize some of the design features and those drawings.
So, why did you settle on only making the 24" version? I'm always curious on how othe ... |
Topic: Darktrooper Progress thread (Pic intensive!) |
Indigogyre
Replies: 349
Views: 135062
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Forum: Costumes & Equipment Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:17 pm Subject: Clays |
It looks like you are going to need a lot more clay. Depending on where you get your supplies from there is a good FX shop in Florida. You might be able to get some of your sculpting supplies from the ... |
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